If you have the high end Deck, don't put a screen protector on it. I comes with non-etched glass already. Putting a screen protector on it is a waste of money, its redundant and you'll ruin the screen.
There are some screen protectors for the 512gb version, but the ones I recommend should only be used on the 64 and 256gb versions. Thanks for pointing this out. I totally forgot to mention it in the video.
I have the 512 model and a tempered glass protector. It hasn't diminished the screen quality in any appreciable way, and it keeps my screen from being scratched.
A note on PC gaming backlogs, I have been on steam for 16 years at this point, my backlog of games was one of the primary reasons I bought the deck. Starting with a massive library of games ready to play is huge.
Thats why I bought one and not a Switch. Buying a Switch is also needing to buy games. And Nintendo doesnt drop prices or have sales, so getting even a decent library of 5-10 games is another 300-600 dollars, literally the price range of the Deck. Not including the Switch itself.
True story... Steam Sales FTW. If I didn't buy another game for the rest of my life I have enough games in my library to play for the rest of my life. But! I'll keep adding :D
Yes! Completely agree. It's the exact reason I went with the deck. 17+years going strong! I'm also 1 to be behind on trying new games so I've got a lot to try too.
JUST GOT THE EMAIL!! MY DECK IS COMING!! I had also been moved back to Q3 and my brother said just this morning that I would probably be getting my email real soon ... and 2 hours later there it was! 🤗 CAN'T WAIT!! 🎉📢😜
UPDATE: DECK ARRIVED TODAY WED SEP 7th. We had a little family unboxing party ... All this time when I saw comments about Aperture Desk Job I didn't realize it is a tutorial. Made it through but almost failed the paddles on the back! Forgot about them! 😉 All updates, downloads, game play went well ... 👍🤗
I just received my Deck today (64gb one, got a 1tb micro sd coming this way and may get this SSD that's on sale). I'm a bit overwhelmed by it, I've been away from gaming for a while but this seemed the way to go to get back into that world! Thank you for this video, it's really insightful and makes it all less daunting!
@@roguebirch6617 thats how long I've waited, I ordered back on August 1st last year, it's more than worth the wait man, and I doubt your gonna be waiting a year, they ramped up production 10fold
Just finally got an invite to order my Steam Deck (512 GB Version, reserved since March earlier this year)! Thanks for all the tips in this video. Got a 1 TB (170mbs) SD Card as well, a Skin/Screen Protector and a 3rd Party Dock with 4k 60hz output over HDMI 2.0 (until the official Steam Dock comes out which I might replace that with, don't forget to do a review on that once that comes out)! If the Steam Deck is a great enough device, I am planning to upgrade its internal storage to a 1 TB SSD so I will reformat it to duel boot Windows and SteamOS on it.
13:40 damn right. Have 505 games. Some left half, some played quarter of it, some totally forgotten lol. Got my Oled last Friday. Never launched a game once xd
Usually when I open a case similar to the Steam Deck's, I would lay it on a flat surface and open it, this prevents it from falling and damaging the handheld. Using that method is much better than using a lifesaver part.
New to steam, new to Steamdeck, and really, new to pc gaming (used to play WoW ten years ago) This is like stepping in to a whole new Universe for me. Really stoked 🤘 Thanks for the tips.
Good timing for this great video, I just got my email today and ordered my Deck! I can’t wait to play it! Am going to get the JSAUX dock you discussed in another video. I’m still a bit nervous about putting a screen protector on the etched Glass...but may grab one of those too.
The Steam Deck is an amazing device, not only is it a handheld gaming PC, it also can be used as a cheaper alternative to a laptop, like for example a college student could use something like this, get their work done on it in desktop mode and then play games on it in their free time, or they can even dual boot windows 10 or 11 along side steam OS, this little thing has so much potential, really can't wait to get my deck.
I was about to say something similar except I was gonna say if you already have the game downloaded on your PC tranfer it over to an sd card. After that you can simply update the games so it will download the necessary files it needs to be able to play them on Linux.
I have the high end deck coming which I'm very excited about but some of your tips make me anxious, like not even knowing what Proton GE is, or what exactly I should download in terms of apps, or why, or how, considering I haven't even held a Steam Deck yet. So... Thanks for scaring me man :( lol Since it's the 512gb version, I'm not messing with SD cards. Using them on my phone has always ended up in corrupted things so I don't want to mess with them for games. At least the 512gb will launch fast though and I'm not someone who needs a ton of games installed at one time. PS5 only having like 650GB of space in reality and yet I still have like 200GB free, and could probably uninstall 1 or 2 more games lol. So that's one reason I'm glad I got the higher end deck. Don't often need more than a few games installed at once and usually delete after playing and don't usually go back to them, seeing as there are so many great games and I have a huge backlog lol.
If you set your refresh rate to 45 and then try to run emulated games (N64), the sound will be garbled. Set it back to 60 and the framerate limit to off to fix this.
I’m sure it’s already been recommended several times but I would say a right angle USB-C Adapter. Unless you’re using the stand you can purchase from Valve separately.
One thing that I would add is to open settings/controller/calibration & advanced settings and then adjust your joystick deadzones. The defaults were 8192 for mine and I managed to reduce the left one to around 3392, and the right to 2992 after a few minutes of playing around with the sliders... These numbers will vary for everyone, but basically just lower it until you can move your joysticks in every possible direction by minute amounts so that the middle turns red and then let go until you are sure that it will never stick with the center staying red. This will change with time I guess so just remember that you did it. 😅
hehe, I love the joysticks but the deadzones seemed way too big for me, hopefully others will get similar or better results. It would be nice to have more advanced controls over them, similar to apps like x360ce but you can't hope for everything I guess, and it would probably only be me that would enjoy playing around with it a bit more. 🙃🤓
Just got my Steam Deck in. I am gamer and have been since my younger years (over 50) and Steam is new to me. I feel almost overwhelmed as I am use to putting in my game and playing but with the Steam Deck it has not been that easy. I am not giving up as I know PC/Steam has a lot of great games and I just have to slow down and figure out what I need to do to get games to play on my new Steam Deck. I will be following your tips and thank you for making a video such as this. May I ask if you have a video for those of us who are new to the whole Steam Deck/Steam experience? I know, I know baby steps. If such a video exists please let me know as it will be much appreciated. For me, I have made a Steam account and did the updates however I just purchased my first title and it will not play. Sadden as I hoped it would be as easy as downloading and playing (and even picked up the deck so I can play my Steam Deck on the big screen). Looking forward to playing some great games but for now I am just learning how to get this thing to work…LOL.
Welcome to the Steam family! Make sure to buy games that are approved while you get used to the deck. A lot of games keep getting approved, so the game you bought might be playable soon, or you could venture out into Desktop mode and get the eggroll version of proton (the software that makes windows games playable on the deck). I'll see what I can do about creating new to PC/Steam videos
ARGH! My Order Availability window, according to the official Steam Deck page, is "July-September" - and I just realized that means by the END of September. STILL - I'm checking email every hour or so now... Thanks for the great breakdown of how to set it up when it does arrive!
Emails go out every Monday and Thursday at 10am PST so don’t stress yourself out too much with the email refresh. I reserved April 10 and got my email yesterday :) hope that helps to ease your mind a bit
Wow, thanks for this video. I am supposedly going to receive mine in another week or so. I didn’t know I can also play PlayStation games and my Epic games, (and games I downloaded p2p from friends I don’t know)! I have a back injury and I will be out of commission for another few months (pinched nerve and I can’t sit or stand right now (I can walk to bathroom to pee), only lay on my stomach on my bed (lucky I have friends and family to help me with cooking, errands, etc.)), so I can’t play any games on my gaming desktop. I was debating this or the Switch, so I can play laying down, and now I am sooo happy I am getting steam deck. I like to tinker anyway, and I can do so much more than if I would have gotten the Switch (I’m really a PC gamer overall). I can friggin’ game to my heart’s content. These next few months, until surgery to free my pinched nerve, are now going to be sooo much more bearable. I just looked at your other videos on setup, and these will be so helpful. Awesome! Thanks for the info.
I have a Tomtoc case that has the handle vs zipper on other side, making the center of gravity opening the case naturally hold the deck. Also I'm paranoid about dropping it, I always open the case flat on table
I'm still trying to figure out Bottles which can be downloaded from the store. It is by far the EASIEST way to install all of the needed components to run games and it has a launchers sections where you click a button and it takes you through the login and install. I'm still trying to figure out Arch Linux so still fighting with getting how the file system and package install works.
If you are on the Deck, I think you mean SteamOS 3 ? Its based off Arch, but they do a lot different than normal Arch. Learning one will not really translate over, as SteamOS is very locked down, and everything is only installed and run off FlatPaks, which you're unlikely to use much (if at all) with Arch.
Mouse and keyboard is a lil jank in game mode. FPS like apex legends for example, the mouse emulates a joystick and freaks out. Unsure of a fix apart from running in game mode. if anyone knows how to fix this please give me a shout. Thanks :) Edit: please can you do a tutorial on bottles? I would like to try and run some applications like opera etc, and other games :) Just want to see if it works
Valve should def take this into consideration to fix in gaming mode, but if you’re trying to use a mouse and keyboard set up then why would you do that on gaming mode? Switch over to desktop mode for that stuff , that’s like connecting a keyboard and mouse to an Xbox and mad that’s it a little off or something lol
@@rjfjffn5704 well it was more just pick up and play factor :) plus I did want the gamescope advantage with global fsr and 40hz mode etc if I wanted it :)
Only time it really matters is when you are unpacking the game. You can always download and unpack on the ssd and then move the game to the sd card. I’ve had zero issues playing my games from the sd card so far
Luckily I was able to afford the 512 and add another 512. Added almost all the games I think I could want on it and still haven’t tapped into the 512micro sd yet so I would recommend just for the extra storage, screen and carrying case. I’ll probably get a bigger bag that can hold a controller and mini keyboard for on the go as well as an extra battery bank.
i agree about have lots of game on steam... when i first start steam, i thought i wont be able to buy more than 5 games... now i have more than hundreds... eventhough all of it i buy during sale but slowly it become collection of games...
My problem was when trying to type "Proton GE" the deck would only take the P and then it would overwrite it with each subsequent letter as I typed. Navigation in desktop mode is a PITA. not even going to try again until I get some peripherals.
You might want to do 50fps instead of 60 because of PAL standards. Some games may have optimized routines for it and, as I can tell, coming from a PAL region, your eye barely notices it, but your bat + gpu will thank you.
Another great tip is to format your SD card with BTRFS. It means your SD card can't be used by windows but BTRFS compresses all files inside in a really, really fast way. This means you can store more games and some games actually will load faster since reading the amount of compressed data has more than enough speedup to counteract any slowdowns from decompressing the files. It's honestly amazing the deck doesn't use BTRFS for your whole storage!
quick question , does this mean I can't use it at all for windows dual boot on the steam deck ( for putting games on) or means you can use it as a boot drive
@@sockbubbles6038 i think he's saying that Windows itself can't read it. Dual booting isn't working yet anyway, it's better to have a separate SD for Windows until Valve fixes it.
@@sockbubbles6038 you can use it as a boot drive. There are some community drivers to read BTRFS partitions and even a custom Windows bootloader to use BTRFS as the boot drive if you wish, but support is experimental.
How do you do this please? I have a 1TB micro SD I formatted in the Steam Deck, but don't remember getting any option about how I format it? Can you do it from within Steam or do you need an extra program to do it? I've already got a lot of games on my card, so reluctant to reformat it, but might if the performance or capacity gains are likely to be significant. How much extra capacity would I be likely to see on a 1TB card please? I'm not bothered about Windows support as I bought the card to use specifically with the Steam Deck.
Lol my steam library is at 420 games and rising, it was around 300 when I got the deck around a month and a half ago, steam knows what they're doing with the deck.
I read somewhere that the Steam Deck does not implement the SD card A2 feature(A driver on the host manages the IO during read/writes to the A2 cards) and might be slower than using A1 cards. It would be cool if someone did a test with A1 and A2 cards of the same capacity to verify that spending more to get an A2 SD card is worth it.
Read the same thing and it should be very real if it is not changed in last steam OS version, for me best choice which had all other parameters exact right was nintento licensed.
Can you get other game sites like epic games both on lutris or heroic launcher on steam deck. So like if a game doesn't work on lutris variant launcher you can use heroic launcher ?
Hey! I remember seeing these videos and once downloading a app on discover that would let me change my movie start up to custom ones without messing with files.. just straight downloads.. now I reset and can’t find it.. do you think you can help?
I just bought a steam deck off of Amazon, but I bought a grip cover a dock, a micro SD and a screen protector. I’m gonna probably buy a few games when I get it Friday next week I’ll probably get some more games another micro SD card, and a power bank.
Get a cheap USB C hub until the Deck Dock comes out. If you don't already have one for your USB C phone then buy one. preferably one with PD and at least one USB port and HDMI out. Be warned that the more features you want (being Thunderbolt compatible the Deck can push 2x 4k monitors) the more the price is going to go up. a good cheap 4k 60, one usb port, w/ PD can run as low as $30 on amazon. LAN is a plus but you have OK Wifi5 so its tolerable at nearly 100mb/s - definitely get LAN if you are daily driving the steam deck; you will pay the premium for it.
Though it is cheaper and less work to replace a protector than the LCD screen. Glass protectors absorb impacts and tend to be the first to break than the screen unless the impact is that concentrated. Film types are more rare, but some can negate scratches using self-mending polymers. Both have gloss and matte options.
I just got my steam deck. It's a big disappointment so far. Very little support from Valve. They'll take your money for games but offer no support to get them running. I'm taking about GTA5. The Rockstar game launcher requires a rockstar activation code, that valve doesn't give you when you buy GTA5 from them.
When you play your games, try to use steam cloud implementation when available... no one wants to have to go to your PC because your 100hr+ profile is locked on that device because you didn't press a check mark in game.
I ordered something from JSAUX, beware! I did not get an email confirmation, and no delivery yet, I ordered on Aug 7th, its now Aug 28th, the day before my bday and haven't heard a peep about my dock. I understand shit happens, they made an apology by email but still have not received tracking info or item.
Jsaux is a really weird one. Everyone on the SteamDeck subreddit knows about them, and their products are actually really good, but good god does their shipping times and delays have you on the edge thinking you've been scammed, until someday 3 weeks later your order shows up. Good products, bad logistics.
Mine arrives tomorrow. To be honest my main reason for the Deck is to play visual novels as I recently played and finished my 1st ever VN. Was hooked. I already have a ps5 so I don't really care about playing AAA games on the deck
Isn't the deck's screen glass? I've been told for years to get screen protectors for glass covered displays and as someone who draws on them all the time with a plastic nib, I've yet to scratch one. Surface Pro 2 and 4, Lenovo and Huion display tablets, samsung galaxy tab 8 Is this somehow different?
Lifesaver is a great idea, but the new cases are not coming with the straps. Got mine and it was missing, so emailed Valve and was informed of the change :(.
Would have been great if Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius War of the Visions was fully playable offline, and on the Steam deck. Can't stand streaming online only video games.
Great video. I’m looking forward to Lies of P. But I still haven’t put Windows on my Deck yet so I don’t have access to my Game Pass account on it. Still researching the safest way to do that.
You don't have to install windows to be able to play games via Xbox Game pass. However, without windows you can only stream the games, not fully install them on the deck. In my experience, though, the streaming works fine, it's very playable (tested on No Man's sky with a good internet connection)
Hello, how are you? I bought a steam deck and installed the game. It doesn't run. Is it necessary to install programs to run the game like on a computer?
I’ve tried to go thru all steps of Chiaki setting it up to remote PS5 and get hung up at trinket script retrieving my online 64base ID..could this be hung up bc I have a beta PS5 software running on my console and it won’t let it retrieve anything?
Talk about heroic launcher, I can’t get cyberpunk to launch and wondering if buying it on steam will make it run better (I hear that’s the case for any game)
Locking framerate does nothing for performance other than limit how many frames you can get in the event the current playing experience could be better.
If you have the high end Deck, don't put a screen protector on it. I comes with non-etched glass already. Putting a screen protector on it is a waste of money, its redundant and you'll ruin the screen.
There are some screen protectors for the 512gb version, but the ones I recommend should only be used on the 64 and 256gb versions. Thanks for pointing this out. I totally forgot to mention it in the video.
It comes with *etched* glass but the argument still stands
I have the 512 model and a tempered glass protector. It hasn't diminished the screen quality in any appreciable way, and it keeps my screen from being scratched.
@@bluepill8077 what about reflections ?
@@TheLordTimi none that I see
A note on PC gaming backlogs, I have been on steam for 16 years at this point, my backlog of games was one of the primary reasons I bought the deck. Starting with a massive library of games ready to play is huge.
It's the reason my friend won't get one and stuck with his console. Sucks for him
Thats why I bought one and not a Switch. Buying a Switch is also needing to buy games. And Nintendo doesnt drop prices or have sales, so getting even a decent library of 5-10 games is another 300-600 dollars, literally the price range of the Deck.
Not including the Switch itself.
True story... Steam Sales FTW. If I didn't buy another game for the rest of my life I have enough games in my library to play for the rest of my life. But! I'll keep adding :D
Yes! Completely agree. It's the exact reason I went with the deck. 17+years going strong! I'm also 1 to be behind on trying new games so I've got a lot to try too.
JUST GOT THE EMAIL!! MY DECK IS COMING!!
I had also been moved back to Q3 and my brother said just this morning that I would probably be getting my email real soon ... and 2 hours later there it was! 🤗
CAN'T WAIT!! 🎉📢😜
@Foxxy The Fox
Let us know when you get your email! 🤗
Hey, congrats! When did you order it and which model? I wanna know because my deck also got used to Q3 and I'm desperate for a closer estimate.
@@progamerpete8194
Reserved JAN 2022
Confirm Email AUG 2022
Waiting for Ship Date
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@@Zandanga Thanks, haha! I ordered mine early July 2022, so it might take me a bit.
UPDATE: DECK ARRIVED TODAY WED SEP 7th. We had a little family unboxing party ...
All this time when I saw comments about Aperture Desk Job I didn't realize it is a tutorial. Made it through but almost failed the paddles on the back! Forgot about them! 😉
All updates, downloads, game play went well ... 👍🤗
Just got moved up from Q4 to Q3, perfect time for this video!
I'm here for the same reason =)
Did yall get em yet?
@@diablo1of112 They’re too busy playing on it. 😂
I just received my Deck today (64gb one, got a 1tb micro sd coming this way and may get this SSD that's on sale). I'm a bit overwhelmed by it, I've been away from gaming for a while but this seemed the way to go to get back into that world! Thank you for this video, it's really insightful and makes it all less daunting!
Congrats on getting on awesome gaming device!👍
I'd recommend the jsaux dock. I just designed my own wall mount for the jsaux dock and I'd love to share it to those that are interested
Is it a 3d printer wall mount? You can share things in our discord. Thanks for the great comment!
@@games_revealed indeed it is. It's a simple piece I designed. I'll definitely share it to the discord
Can I use a clear case with that dock?
@@catgarcia2238 of course
Is the jsaux dock better than steams dock they sell on their website?
Ordered mine Monday, shipped yesterday. Should be delivered Tuesday. Been watching videos since
You didn’t have to wait forever for a reservation?
@@tasteyfoood I did the cheapest one and it was only a few weeks
Thank you for putting this out for everyone who is getting their deck soon.
I already got mine recently and still needed this
@@JDabz96 that's true and same :)
I can’t get mine till like a year
@@roguebirch6617 thats how long I've waited, I ordered back on August 1st last year, it's more than worth the wait man, and I doubt your gonna be waiting a year, they ramped up production 10fold
But it for the low on ebayy!! I got my 512 3q for $500+$11 shipping!!
Just finally got an invite to order my Steam Deck (512 GB Version, reserved since March earlier this year)! Thanks for all the tips in this video. Got a 1 TB (170mbs) SD Card as well, a Skin/Screen Protector and a 3rd Party Dock with 4k 60hz output over HDMI 2.0 (until the official Steam Dock comes out which I might replace that with, don't forget to do a review on that once that comes out)! If the Steam Deck is a great enough device, I am planning to upgrade its internal storage to a 1 TB SSD so I will reformat it to duel boot Windows and SteamOS on it.
Same here, happy days
Going back through a bunch of the videos I watched about accessories. Thank you for being the only person who recommended a fucking car charger XD
Aperture desk job was a great intro to the steamdeck! Thx for the tip.
13:40 damn right. Have 505 games. Some left half, some played quarter of it, some totally forgotten lol. Got my Oled last Friday. Never launched a game once xd
Usually when I open a case similar to the Steam Deck's, I would lay it on a flat surface and open it, this prevents it from falling and damaging the handheld. Using that method is much better than using a lifesaver part.
It's just common sense, that part wastes plastic to solve an artificially created problem.
New to steam, new to Steamdeck, and really, new to pc gaming (used to play WoW ten years ago)
This is like stepping in to a whole new Universe for me. Really stoked 🤘
Thanks for the tips.
Fight night Champion, Sensible Soccer, Burnout 3: Takedown, Need for Speed: Underground 2, Kerbal Space Program, Blur, Peggle Deluxe, Top Spin 4, F-Zero GX, Crackdown, Tiger Woods 12, Viewtiful Joe, Resident Evil 4, Sunset Overdrive, NHL 14... All low storage, 60fps gems on deck!
Good timing for this great video, I just got my email today and ordered my Deck! I can’t wait to play it! Am going to get the JSAUX dock you discussed in another video. I’m still a bit nervous about putting a screen protector on the etched Glass...but may grab one of those too.
Just got a desktop setup for mine and it’s been a dream. My ps5 and series S have been collecting dust 😢
The Steam Deck is an amazing device, not only is it a handheld gaming PC, it also can be used as a cheaper alternative to a laptop, like for example a college student could use something like this, get their work done on it in desktop mode and then play games on it in their free time, or they can even dual boot windows 10 or 11 along side steam OS, this little thing has so much potential, really can't wait to get my deck.
Definitely worth it bro
Pro tip , download the game on your pc and copy it in the sd card , if you have a good gaming pc that saves a lot of time
I was about to say something similar except I was gonna say if you already have the game downloaded on your PC tranfer it over to an sd card. After that you can simply update the games so it will download the necessary files it needs to be able to play them on Linux.
7:35 Thank you! This one made Persona 5 strikers compatible.
I have the high end deck coming which I'm very excited about but some of your tips make me anxious, like not even knowing what Proton GE is, or what exactly I should download in terms of apps, or why, or how, considering I haven't even held a Steam Deck yet. So... Thanks for scaring me man :( lol
Since it's the 512gb version, I'm not messing with SD cards. Using them on my phone has always ended up in corrupted things so I don't want to mess with them for games. At least the 512gb will launch fast though and I'm not someone who needs a ton of games installed at one time. PS5 only having like 650GB of space in reality and yet I still have like 200GB free, and could probably uninstall 1 or 2 more games lol. So that's one reason I'm glad I got the higher end deck. Don't often need more than a few games installed at once and usually delete after playing and don't usually go back to them, seeing as there are so many great games and I have a huge backlog lol.
If you set your refresh rate to 45 and then try to run emulated games (N64), the sound will be garbled. Set it back to 60 and the framerate limit to off to fix this.
I’m sure it’s already been recommended several times but I would say a right angle USB-C Adapter. Unless you’re using the stand you can purchase from Valve separately.
One thing that I would add is to open settings/controller/calibration & advanced settings and then adjust your joystick deadzones. The defaults were 8192 for mine and I managed to reduce the left one to around 3392, and the right to 2992 after a few minutes of playing around with the sliders... These numbers will vary for everyone, but basically just lower it until you can move your joysticks in every possible direction by minute amounts so that the middle turns red and then let go until you are sure that it will never stick with the center staying red. This will change with time I guess so just remember that you did it. 😅
Great tip!
hehe, I love the joysticks but the deadzones seemed way too big for me, hopefully others will get similar or better results. It would be nice to have more advanced controls over them, similar to apps like x360ce but you can't hope for everything I guess, and it would probably only be me that would enjoy playing around with it a bit more. 🙃🤓
Thank you for this tip!
estimated arrival for my steam deck is tommorow i cant wait
Im watching these while waiting for my steam deck 😭
You were not kidding about backlog. I got my VSD 3 weeks ago. I had zero games. Now I have over 100 games.
Your path to becoming a PC gamer is complete :D
Just got my Steam Deck in. I am gamer and have been since my younger years (over 50) and Steam is new to me. I feel almost overwhelmed as I am use to putting in my game and playing but with the Steam Deck it has not been that easy. I am not giving up as I know PC/Steam has a lot of great games and I just have to slow down and figure out what I need to do to get games to play on my new Steam Deck.
I will be following your tips and thank you for making a video such as this. May I ask if you have a video for those of us who are new to the whole Steam Deck/Steam experience? I know, I know baby steps. If such a video exists please let me know as it will be much appreciated. For me, I have made a Steam account and did the updates however I just purchased my first title and it will not play. Sadden as I hoped it would be as easy as downloading and playing (and even picked up the deck so I can play my Steam Deck on the big screen).
Looking forward to playing some great games but for now I am just learning how to get this thing to work…LOL.
Welcome to the Steam family! Make sure to buy games that are approved while you get used to the deck. A lot of games keep getting approved, so the game you bought might be playable soon, or you could venture out into Desktop mode and get the eggroll version of proton (the software that makes windows games playable on the deck). I'll see what I can do about creating new to PC/Steam videos
Thank you I’m getting my steam deck tonight and this really helped on what I should do
this video gonna blow up in a year when people get their steam deck delivered
lay's pringle
Can’t get mine till like a year gonna save all my Christmas money and all till I get 400 dollars then I’ll order mine
ARGH! My Order Availability window, according to the official Steam Deck page, is "July-September" - and I just realized that means by the END of September. STILL - I'm checking email every hour or so now... Thanks for the great breakdown of how to set it up when it does arrive!
Maybe. Mine said Q3 and I was able to purchase it a couple days before Q3 even started.
Same!! Can’t wait 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I literally just got my availability today. So I’m sure you’re soon!
I got mine on the first so you won't be waiting long
Emails go out every Monday and Thursday at 10am PST so don’t stress yourself out too much with the email refresh. I reserved April 10 and got my email yesterday :) hope that helps to ease your mind a bit
Just ordered mine. Stoked to play some of my back log plus those lazy gaming days after hard day of work.😁
Update: Got mine and love it 😆
I feel old.. I understood like 10% of what you were saying…
Wow, thanks for this video. I am supposedly going to receive mine in another week or so. I didn’t know I can also play PlayStation games and my Epic games, (and games I downloaded p2p from friends I don’t know)! I have a back injury and I will be out of commission for another few months (pinched nerve and I can’t sit or stand right now (I can walk to bathroom to pee), only lay on my stomach on my bed (lucky I have friends and family to help me with cooking, errands, etc.)), so I can’t play any games on my gaming desktop. I was debating this or the Switch, so I can play laying down, and now I am sooo happy I am getting steam deck. I like to tinker anyway, and I can do so much more than if I would have gotten the Switch (I’m really a PC gamer overall). I can friggin’ game to my heart’s content. These next few months, until surgery to free my pinched nerve, are now going to be sooo much more bearable. I just looked at your other videos on setup, and these will be so helpful. Awesome! Thanks for the info.
I have a Tomtoc case that has the handle vs zipper on other side, making the center of gravity opening the case naturally hold the deck. Also I'm paranoid about dropping it, I always open the case flat on table
I'm quite late to the party so I don't know whether to buy a SD now or wait for the next model.
I'm still trying to figure out Bottles which can be downloaded from the store. It is by far the EASIEST way to install all of the needed components to run games and it has a launchers sections where you click a button and it takes you through the login and install. I'm still trying to figure out Arch Linux so still fighting with getting how the file system and package install works.
If you are on the Deck, I think you mean SteamOS 3 ? Its based off Arch, but they do a lot different than normal Arch. Learning one will not really translate over, as SteamOS is very locked down, and everything is only installed and run off FlatPaks, which you're unlikely to use much (if at all) with Arch.
By store do you mean Steam, or something else?
@@Vulpas Pretty sure he means running Discover in Desktop mode to download apps
Just got my email and I’m super excited, thank you for the tips!
Congrats!!
Just got mine today. How long did yours take to ship and arrive?
@@viperlt86 mine took 4-5 days
Mouse and keyboard is a lil jank in game mode. FPS like apex legends for example, the mouse emulates a joystick and freaks out. Unsure of a fix apart from running in game mode. if anyone knows how to fix this please give me a shout. Thanks :) Edit: please can you do a tutorial on bottles? I would like to try and run some applications like opera etc, and other games :) Just want to see if it works
Valve should def take this into consideration to fix in gaming mode, but if you’re trying to use a mouse and keyboard set up then why would you do that on gaming mode? Switch over to desktop mode for that stuff , that’s like connecting a keyboard and mouse to an Xbox and mad that’s it a little off or something lol
@@rjfjffn5704 well it was more just pick up and play factor :) plus I did want the gamescope advantage with global fsr and 40hz mode etc if I wanted it :)
SD card is not as fast as the internal drive , so be mindful of that for performance
Only time it really matters is when you are unpacking the game. You can always download and unpack on the ssd and then move the game to the sd card. I’ve had zero issues playing my games from the sd card so far
Luckily I was able to afford the 512 and add another 512. Added almost all the games I think I could want on it and still haven’t tapped into the 512micro sd yet so I would recommend just for the extra storage, screen and carrying case. I’ll probably get a bigger bag that can hold a controller and mini keyboard for on the go as well as an extra battery bank.
Sounds like you got a good start on deck ownership.
Thanks bro I get mine 9/2/2022 I am so excited
i agree about have lots of game on steam... when i first start steam, i thought i wont be able to buy more than 5 games... now i have more than hundreds... eventhough all of it i buy during sale but slowly it become collection of games...
Im just trying to figure out how to add shortcuts to my desktop mode like youtube. I cant figure out how to give it permission with the flatpack stuff
My problem was when trying to type "Proton GE" the deck would only take the P and then it would overwrite it with each subsequent letter as I typed. Navigation in desktop mode is a PITA. not even going to try again until I get some peripherals.
Great video. I can't wait to receive my deck today!!!!
You might want to do 50fps instead of 60 because of PAL standards. Some games may have optimized routines for it and, as I can tell, coming from a PAL region, your eye barely notices it, but your bat + gpu will thank you.
Another great tip is to format your SD card with BTRFS. It means your SD card can't be used by windows but BTRFS compresses all files inside in a really, really fast way. This means you can store more games and some games actually will load faster since reading the amount of compressed data has more than enough speedup to counteract any slowdowns from decompressing the files. It's honestly amazing the deck doesn't use BTRFS for your whole storage!
quick question , does this mean I can't use it at all for windows dual boot on the steam deck ( for putting games on) or means you can use it as a boot drive
@@sockbubbles6038 i think he's saying that Windows itself can't read it. Dual booting isn't working yet anyway, it's better to have a separate SD for Windows until Valve fixes it.
@@sockbubbles6038 you can use it as a boot drive. There are some community drivers to read BTRFS partitions and even a custom Windows bootloader to use BTRFS as the boot drive if you wish, but support is experimental.
How do you do this please? I have a 1TB micro SD I formatted in the Steam Deck, but don't remember getting any option about how I format it? Can you do it from within Steam or do you need an extra program to do it?
I've already got a lot of games on my card, so reluctant to reformat it, but might if the performance or capacity gains are likely to be significant.
How much extra capacity would I be likely to see on a 1TB card please?
I'm not bothered about Windows support as I bought the card to use specifically with the Steam Deck.
@@stevenallick4637 if you're already using it in your deck it should already be formatted
I cannot stand glare, so I got the matte screen protector and love it so far
Real informative, thank you
"I like whats down there" 😏😏😏
Just got my deck today and this was a great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just got the deck trying to download games from epic but it’s not launching for some reason 😢
I thing, Aperture Desk Job should be preinstalled on every SteamDeck
Lol my steam library is at 420 games and rising, it was around 300 when I got the deck around a month and a half ago, steam knows what they're doing with the deck.
I read somewhere that the Steam Deck does not implement the SD card A2 feature(A driver on the host manages the IO during read/writes to the A2 cards) and might be slower than using A1 cards. It would be cool if someone did a test with A1 and A2 cards of the same capacity to verify that spending more to get an A2 SD card is worth it.
That would have been nice to know before hand.
Read the same thing and it should be very real if it is not changed in last steam OS version, for me best choice which had all other parameters exact right was nintento licensed.
I have the 1tb A2 and it works perfectly
I have a 1tb A1 U1 and it loads everything fast.
@@addeckted88 the one with Nintendo-licensed is more preferable? I'd like to but it's kinda pricey but what's second best to it?
Can you get other game sites like epic games both on lutris or heroic launcher on steam deck. So like if a game doesn't work on lutris variant launcher you can use heroic launcher ?
my discover find not much apps:( i want discord and heroic games launcher but discover cant find it:/
Hey! I remember seeing these videos and once downloading a app on discover that would let me change my movie start up to custom ones without messing with files.. just straight downloads.. now I reset and can’t find it.. do you think you can help?
I just bought a steam deck off of Amazon, but I bought a grip cover a dock, a micro SD and a screen protector. I’m gonna probably buy a few games when I get it Friday next week I’ll probably get some more games another micro SD card, and a power bank.
The 512gb sd card you recommend is like £50, a 1tb ssd is £150, so personally I'm planning on going the ssd route
The SD card route is the easiest way to upgrade the Deck's storage. Installing a bigger SSD is nice too 👍
@@games_revealed so black friday dropped the sd card price so now it's more economical
Get a cheap USB C hub until the Deck Dock comes out. If you don't already have one for your USB C phone then buy one. preferably one with PD and at least one USB port and HDMI out. Be warned that the more features you want (being Thunderbolt compatible the Deck can push 2x 4k monitors) the more the price is going to go up. a good cheap 4k 60, one usb port, w/ PD can run as low as $30 on amazon. LAN is a plus but you have OK Wifi5 so its tolerable at nearly 100mb/s - definitely get LAN if you are daily driving the steam deck; you will pay the premium for it.
Isn't the screen real glass? talking about 256gb glossy model. Not sure about 512. Shouldnt scratch easy
Though it is cheaper and less work to replace a protector than the LCD screen. Glass protectors absorb impacts and tend to be the first to break than the screen unless the impact is that concentrated.
Film types are more rare, but some can negate scratches using self-mending polymers.
Both have gloss and matte options.
Will I be able to put wemod n other cheat apps on it? If so, I'm totally getting this to connect to TV to free up my pc for other stuff.
I was looking for a video with instructions, like how to open the quick access menu and start the desktop?
As this a newbie list I think you need to explain proton etc.. what is it and why. More of a complete New user to steam deck just my 2 cents
I love you man, do you have a Discord?
We do have a discord discord.gg/5YHhqKzs
Awesome stuff man thank you.
My deck shows battery health 94% and I've only had it since Saturday is this normal
I just got my steam deck. It's a big disappointment so far. Very little support from Valve. They'll take your money for games but offer no support to get them running. I'm taking about GTA5. The Rockstar game launcher requires a rockstar activation code, that valve doesn't give you when you buy GTA5 from them.
When you play your games, try to use steam cloud implementation when available... no one wants to have to go to your PC because your 100hr+ profile is locked on that device because you didn't press a check mark in game.
I ordered something from JSAUX, beware! I did not get an email confirmation, and no delivery yet, I ordered on Aug 7th, its now Aug 28th, the day before my bday and haven't heard a peep about my dock. I understand shit happens, they made an apology by email but still have not received tracking info or item.
Jsaux is a really weird one. Everyone on the SteamDeck subreddit knows about them, and their products are actually really good, but good god does their shipping times and delays have you on the edge thinking you've been scammed, until someday 3 weeks later your order shows up. Good products, bad logistics.
How do you setup the deck to use the right side track pad in place of the right side analog stick?
Y'all talking about emulating SNES and PSP etc.... I just wanna play Naughty Bear again
Really helpful video, thanks!
People slept on that, it's basically Hitman before 2016. I really want to play that in all its glory
Is it a hassle to swap SD cards or is it instantly recognized?
It’s pretty quick to detect games on the sd card when swapping. Like 3 seconds.
Buys Steam Deck, Runs on Linux... uses Microsoft Edge....
Mine arrives tomorrow. To be honest my main reason for the Deck is to play visual novels as I recently played and finished my 1st ever VN. Was hooked. I already have a ps5 so I don't really care about playing AAA games on the deck
Same here. Hope all them VNs work fine on the deck.
How to alt+tab if I’m playing game and need to do something in the desktop?!? I’m not using keyboard and mouse.
Isn't the deck's screen glass?
I've been told for years to get screen protectors for glass covered displays and as someone who draws on them all the time with a plastic nib, I've yet to scratch one. Surface Pro 2 and 4, Lenovo and Huion display tablets, samsung galaxy tab 8
Is this somehow different?
New updated on my steam deck it at Q4 move back to Q3 July-September 2022 most be getting it soon
How does the Magglass anti-glare screen protector compare to the 512gb anti-glare screen?
Do you have a video on how to setup the quick access menu?
Lifesaver is a great idea, but the new cases are not coming with the straps. Got mine and it was missing, so emailed Valve and was informed of the change :(.
Sorry to hear that. Yeah, sounds like they stopped including them. Get yourself a nice protective case which is even better than the lifesaver.
You can install to ssd them move to sd instead of unpacking on sd
Great advise! Thanks!
Would have been great if Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius War of the Visions was fully playable offline, and on the Steam deck. Can't stand streaming online only video games.
Man, do you know if there is a way to install xbox app, not to play in cloud, but the app itself, to download the games I have in xbox gamepass?
I dont understand point 1: I have no screen protector in my live. Not for phone or tablet or everyone. I dont miss it.
Great video. I’m looking forward to Lies of P. But I still haven’t put Windows on my Deck yet so I don’t have access to my Game Pass account on it. Still researching the safest way to do that.
You don't have to install windows to be able to play games via Xbox Game pass. However, without windows you can only stream the games, not fully install them on the deck. In my experience, though, the streaming works fine, it's very playable (tested on No Man's sky with a good internet connection)
I wish I had a 300 games backlog...only.
The Steam Sales will be upon us tomorrow (Nov 22nd), so you might be able to start working on the library soon
Hello, how are you? I bought a steam deck and installed the game. It doesn't run. Is it necessary to install programs to run the game like on a computer?
I’ve tried to go thru all steps of Chiaki setting it up to remote PS5 and get hung up at trinket script retrieving my online 64base ID..could this be hung up bc I have a beta PS5 software running on my console and it won’t let it retrieve anything?
Hey Games revealed just wondering but I’ve been hearing a lot about proton ge and I’m wondering what it is
Hey, sorry for the late reply, but Proton GE is a community made Proton but I will be doing a video on it!
Using Chrome or Edge on a Linux system (SteamOS is Linux) is a heinous crime lol
"I personally like the Edge browser..."
You monster!! No!
Why is his screen res is different?
I use a capture card to record the deck's screen that has different resolutions options then the deck's
Talk about heroic launcher, I can’t get cyberpunk to launch and wondering if buying it on steam will make it run better (I hear that’s the case for any game)
I have a 2TB SSD with nothing but my Steam library on it.
300 game backlog, must be new around here. Lol
Locking framerate does nothing for performance other than limit how many frames you can get in the event the current playing experience could be better.
Do you need access to a pc to set it up ?